Most race car drivers begin their careers at an early age. Race fans around the world know the stories of F1 superstars who first sat in go karts when their feet could barely reach the pedals, honing their skills against similarly aged kids before the cream rose to the top and where childhood battles were…
As a teenager living in a mobile home in Sulphur, Louisiana, Aaron had a dream since he was chin-high to a wheel arch: to become a racing driver. Only problem? He had no money, and Louisiana isn’t exactly the centre of the racing universe. Instead, young Aaron threw all his talents and resolve into video…
Oliver Eriksson was just a fresh-faced, excitable young racer with a great career ahead of him when 18 months ago he joined the Slightly Mad Studios team to work as a Handling Consultant on Project CARS 2. Oliver contributed enormously to the feel of the Rallycross cars in the game, alongside fellow RX racer Mitchell…
The lone FIA-certified Grade 1 track in the United States, and one of only 26 Grade 1-certified motorsports facilities in the world, the Circuit of The Americas in the Lone Star State is in Project CARS 2, scanned in all its undulating, technical beauty The Circuit of The Americas has more of a European flavor…
The Pista di Fiorano is the heartbeat of Ferrari and comes to the Ferrari Essentials Pack for Project CARS 2 (Note on the Pista di Fiorano in Project CARS 2): The Pista di Fiorano will only appear on your track list if you have a Ferrari car selected, and “identical” (or zero) opponents. It will…
Drivers wanted for the Ferrari Challenge: spec’ racing at its finest comes to the Ferrari Essentials Pack Back in the early-1990s, Ferrari embarked on a racing program for its clients named the Ferrari Challenge. Beginning in Europe in 1993, the series proved an instant hit with Ferrari owners, and it quickly grew into a global…
The Glorious Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa: Racing Nobility In August of 2011, a 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa sold for $16,400,000, then a record price for a car traded at auction. The price raised a few eye-brows … until a totally unrestored 1957 250 Testa Rossa fetched almost $40 million in 2014. So what makes…
Lead Vehicle Artist Casey Ringley Explores the Ferrari 458 Speciale Aperta in the Ferrari Essentials Pack The Ferrari 458 Speciale A is just about as good as I imagine a road car can get. Power, handling and speed are all abundant and in a perfect balance. The engine is Ferrari’s F136 4.5L naturally-aspirated V8 in…
It’s doubtful that Ferrari, or any other automaker for that matter, will ever again repeat the sporting glory that Enzo’s Scuderia enjoyed from the late ’50s through to the mid-’60s—a time where Ferrari enjoyed absolute dominance of international motorsport and produced a dynasty of victorious cars that, today, are sold for tens of millions of…
Mugello holds a special place in Italian motorsport lore. Known the world over for the legions of fans who cover the hillsides of this classic Italian venue in canary yellow once a year to honor their modern-day idol, Mugello breathes the kind of myth that can come only from a track whose motor-racing roots have…